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Aces win MVC opener in dramatic fashion

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UE scores final nine points of 5th set

 EVANSVILLE, Ind. – In one of the most dramatic comebacks in recent memory, the University of Evansville volleyball team overcame an 11-6 deficit in the fifth set to take a 3-2 win over Valparaiso in Friday’s Missouri Valley Conference opener at Meeks Family Fieldhouse.

Facing the late deficit, the Purple Aces stormed back to score the final nine points of the match to open the MVC schedule with a huge win.  Giulia Cardona racked up 29 kills while Angelica Gonzalez registered a new career high with 14.  Chloe Cline added seven kills and three block assists.  Lexi Owen finished the night with 44 assists while Ainoah Cruz led all players with 23 digs.  Valparaiso was led by Jordyn Gove’s 16 kills and 10 digs.

Set 1 – Valpo 25, UE 15

Things looked to be going Evansville’s way in the early stages when a service ace by Maddie Hawkins and a kill from Giulia Cardona set the Aces up with a 6-3 lead.  The Beacons quickly regrouped with a 7-2 run to take a 10-8 lead. Another big run put them up by a 21-12 score and they would cruise to the win in the opening set.

Set 2 – UE 25, Valpo 23

After the Beacons took a 4-2 advantage out of the gate, the Aces came back to take a 7-5 lead on a Chloe Cline kill.  From that point, it was a battle as the middle stages of the set saw multiple ties and lead changes.  With the score knotted at 20-20, Evansville made its move.

Angelica Gonzalez recorded a pair of kills to put UE in front at 23-20.  Valparaiso battled back to get within one before the Aces got the job done to tie the match.

Set 3 – Valpo 25, UE 16

Madisyn Steele recorded a kill as Evansville scored the first two points of the set.  Valpo came back to take their first lead at 6-5 before extending the lead to 10-6.  From that point, the never relinquished control, going up 20-13 before taking a 2-1 lead with a 25-16 win.

Set 4 – UE 26, Valpo 24

With the score tied at 3-3, Cardona added another kill before getting the job done with her serving to put UE in front at 6-3.  The Beacons battled back to make it a 9-7 game but efficient serving by Blakeley Freeman, coupled with a pair of Cardona kills extended the lead to 14-9.

After three in a row by VU cut the deficit to a pair, Cline and Heidbreder combined on a block that got UE back on track as the advantage grew to five points at 17-12.  The Beacons responded with a 7-0 run to go back in front.  Cardona halted the stretch as the Aces scored three in a row to go up 20-19.  Gonzalez and Steele assisted on a block that set UE up with a 22-20 edge and a quick response by Valpo put them back in front at 23-22.

The defense got the job done once again as Cardona and Steele tallied a block to give UE a 24-23 lead.  With the Aces up 25-24, Cardona added a solo block to the scoresheet to clinch the set and send the match to the 5th.

Set 5 – UE 15, Valpo 11

Valpo had the early momentum, taking a 6-3 lead before Evansville scored a pair to pull back within a single point.  The Beacons countered to go back in front at 11-6 and looked to be on their way to the win.  UE had other ideas.

After a time out, a pair of Beacon errors made it a 3-point game and VU would take a time out.  Following the stoppage, the Evansville offense recorded four kills in a row to go up 12-11.  Valpo utilized their second time out, but the Aces continued to roll.  Lexi Owen’s serving kept the Beacons off balance as UE pulled off the comeback, scoring the final nine points to seal the win.

Saturday’s match against UIC is set for a 5 p.m. start inside Meeks Family Fieldhouse.

UE men’s soccer returns to Valley play at Bradley

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The Purple Aces return to Shea Stadium for the first time since 2021
 
PEORIA, Ill. — The University of Evansville men’s soccer team returns to Bradley for the first time in three years on Saturday.
The Purple Aces were shut out for the only time this season on Tuesday night. UE couldn’t put a goal in the back of the net at Xavier as the offense only put up seven shots through 90 minutes in Cincinnati. The last time Evansville did not score a goal was in mid-October of 2023 at Indiana. The Aces offense will look to rebound in their first visit to Peoria since 2021 when they played the Bradley Braves four times within the calendar year.

The Braves come into Saturday’s match celebrating their homecoming weekend and looking to end a four-game losing streak. Bradley is currently 3-5-1 on the season while being 0-2 in conference play. Whichever team wins tomorrow’s match will pick up their first conference win of the season. The Braves are led on offense by sophomore forward Mitch Coughlon with seven points, three goals, and one assist through nine matches. Two other players for Bradley have multiple goals; senior midfielder Francesco Pettinaroli and senior forward Kevin Mejias with two goals each. In total, the Braves have had eight different goal-scorers in nine games.

Freshman goalkeeper Michal Mroz (Elk Grove, Ill. / Elk Grove) currently leads the Missouri Valley Conference in goalie minutes played as the Aces return to Valley play this weekend. Mroz has played 900 minutes over 10 games a little over midway through the season. 900 minutes in net also ties Mroz nationally for the most minutes in goal with Gonzaga goalkeeper Chema Preciado. Mroz leads the MVC in one other goalkeeping category with 33 total saves for 25th in the country.

Swimming and Diving opens season this weekend

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 Aces in action at Butler Double Dual

 EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Opening weekend is set for the University of Evansville men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams.  Following the annual Alumni Meet on Saturday, the Purple Aces travel to Indianapolis to take part in the Butler Dual.

Saturday’s Alumni Meet begins at 12 p.m. and will be held on the UE campus at Wyttenbach Pool.  Sunday’s meet will take place at Fishers High School with the start time set for 11 a.m. CT.  Joining Evansville in the meet are Xavier, St. Louis, Bellarmine, and Butler.

UE has 17 returners to the men’s side including sophomore Boris Tavrovsky who placed third overall in the men’s 200-Yard Backstroke in the 2024 MAC Championship. Tavrovsky went below the previous record of 1:47.14 in the preliminary round with times of 1:46.00 and 1:46.16 respectively.

The women’s side has 10 returners including Madison Rollett who placed second in the women’s three-meter diving competition at the Missouri Valley Conference Championship. Madison also earned all-Missouri Valley Conference first-team honors.

This marks the first season back at the helm of his alma mater for head coach Toby Wilcox.  The 1985 UE grad was head coach of the Aces from 1988 through 1997.  He earned three Midwestern Collegiate Conference Coach of the Year awards in his first term as UE coach.

USI Women’s XC finishes 22nd at Gans Creek Classic

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COLUMBIA, Mo.—University of Southern Indiana Women’s Cross Country recorded a 22nd-place finish out of 38 teams at the Gans Creek Classic Friday morning.

 Sophomores Zoe Seward and Ellie Hall were 87th and 93rd, respectively, out of 330 competitors to lead the Screaming Eagles. Seward finished the six-kilometer course in 21 minutes, 30.4 seconds, while Hall clocked a 6k time of 21:32.2.
 
As a team, the Eagles finished with 631 points to put them ahead of the two other Ohio Valley Conference teams that competed in the event.
 
Senior Audrey Comastri and freshman Hadessah Austin were 138th and 163rd, respectively, while senior Emma Thompson completed the Eagles’ top-five finishers with a 221st-place showing. Senior Katie Winkler (236th) and sophomore Emily Rempe (242nd) rounded out USI’s scorers.
 
USI’s women also carded a 15th-place finish out of 26 teams in the open raced. Junior Micah Peals and senior Cameron Hough finished 55th and 64th, respectively, out of more than 300 racers to lead the Eagles. Peals crossed the finish line in 22:51.0
 
The Eagles return to action October 5 when they send a small squad to compete at the “Live in Lou” Classic at Tom Sawyer State Park in Louisville, Kentucky. USI co-hosts the Angel Mounds Invitational October 18 in Evansville, Indiana, before wrapping up its third year of Division I with the OVC Championships November 1 in Union City, Tennessee.

USI Men’s Runners finish 21st at Mizzou

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COLUMBIA, Mo.—University of Southern Indiana Men’s Cross Country raced to a 21st-place finish out of 37 teams at the University of Missouri’s Gans Creek Classic Friday morning.
 
Senior Brady Terry finished 58th out of 320 competitors to lead the Screaming Eagles, who finished with 618 points to put them ahead of the three other Ohio Valley Conference teams that competed in the event. Terry finished the eight-kilometer race in 24 minutes, 13.6 seconds.
 
The Eagles sophomore class aided USI in the even with Alex Nolan, Jackson Collman, Isaac Stanford and Cole Hess rounded out its top-five finishers. Nolan and Collman were 112th and 128th, respectively, while Stanford and Hess posted respective finishes of 178th and 195th.
 
Freshman Layden Wagoner (201st) and sophomore Landen Swiney (239th) rounded out USI’s top-seven.
 
USI’s men also carded a 17th-place finish out of 26 teams in the open race. Freshman Griffen Wheeler was 126th out of nearly 400 runners as he crossed the finish line in 26:02.6 to lead USI.
 
The Eagles return to action October 5 when they send a small squad to compete at the “Live in Lou” Classic at Tom Sawyer State Park in Louisville, Kentucky. USI co-hosts the Angel Mounds Invitational October 18 in Evansville, Indiana, before wrapping up its third year of Division I with the OVC Championships November 1 in Union City, Tennessee.

Restriction on Drones Issued by The Federal Aviation Administration for the Fall Festival

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Restriction on Drones Issued by The Federal Aviation Administration for the Fall Festival

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) maintains the safety and efficiency of our airspace. As with cars on the road, some rules cover aircraft in the sky to ensure safety.

In special circumstances, the FAA may temporarily restrict access to certain designated areas of our airspace, much like a city or state may block off access to a street when necessary.

These airspace restrictions are called Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs) and prohibit off or landing of remote-controlled or unmanned aircraft or drones for a limited time.

TFRs are issued for safety or security purposes, including during natural disasters or large crowds.

The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a Temporary Flight Restriction for the Fall Festival. Drones are not to be flown by the general public over any area of the Fall Festival from from October 6th through the 12th daily from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 pm.

If you would like more information about drones or Temporary Flight Restrictions, please go to https://www.faa.gov/uas.

The following information was provided by the Federal Aviation Administration to be dispersed to the public.

TFR Details:

• Dates: 6-12 October 2024

• Start time: 0900 CDT (daily)

• End time: 2200 CDT (daily)

• Radius: 1-mile radius from the midpoint of the event at 37° 58’ 49.85 N, 87° 35’50.14” Evansville Police Department 15 NW Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Evansville, Indiana 47708 TX: 812-436-7896 – TDD: 812-436-7975 – FAX: 812-435-6175 – EMAIL: info@evansvillepolice.com

Waivers will need to be submitted through the SGI process you must be an existing Part 107

Remote Pilot with a current certificate OR you must have an existing Certificate of Waiver or Authorization (COA). To submit a waiver through this process, fill out the emergency operation Request Form

https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/uas/getting_started/temporary_flight_restrictions/UAS-

SGI_waiver_approval_request_form.docx (MS Word) and send to the FAA’s System Operations Support Center (SOSC) at 9-ator-hq-sosc@faa.gov. If approved, the FAA will add an amendment to your existing COA or Remote Pilot Certificate that authorizes you to fly under certain conditions for the specified operation.

If denied, operators should NOT fly outside the provisions of their existing COA or part 107. Operators have the option to amend their requests.

Fines:

Drone operators who conduct unsafe or unauthorized operations face fines up to $75,000 per violation, an increase included in the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024. The FAA also cansuspend or revoke drone operators’ pilot certificates.

 

IS IT TRUE WORKING DRAFT For SEPTEMBER 24 2024

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IS IT TRUE that recent FBI data puts Evansville, Indiana at the 22nd most violent crime ridden city in the United States of America, a violent crime rate of 8.15 per thousand residents?…that means that there are 21 more violent cities in the nation, and the list was headed by Memphis, Tennessee but included the legacy pain pits of Detroit, St. Louis, Cleveland, Baltimore, Kansas City, and other large places that typically have terrible neighborhoods?…there were even 5 medium-sized cities that are more violent than Evansville is and our midwestern neighbors like Peoria, Dayton, and Flint all are more violent?…this is not good company to keep if efforts to grow the population with higher earning people is the goal

IS IT TRUE that the current population of the City of Evansville is down to 114,651 from the 117,373 in the 2020 Census?… Evansville’s population peaked in 1960 at 141,500 and has declined ever since?…the current projection for 2028 is to lose additional people to a level of 111,300 souls?…these souls deserve more than gimmicks and parties if the population can stop the bleeding?…a comprehensive analysis of what has happened over the last 64 years to drive away nearly 20% of the population?… we hint that a declining base of jobs that pay a living wage, a rise in violent crime and leaders absorbed with trivial pursuits are the principle driving factors?…we hope that our Mayor Stephanie Terry will learn how to address these issues at her upcoming training sessions at Harvard University and paid for by Michael Bloomberg?

 

BREAKING NEWS: Braun to Novo Nordisk CEO: “Why are Americans paying more for the same drug?”

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Braun to Novo Nordisk CEO: “Why are Americans paying more for the same drug?”

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024


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WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Mike Braun questioned Novo Nordisk CEO, Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen, at the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Tuesday about the high prices of the company’s weight loss drug, Ozempic, in the United States.

“This has everything to do with a system that’s broken with no transparency, no competition, barriers to entry, and by the way a consumer who doesn’t have the tools to really measure what the best value is.”—Sen. Mike Braun

Partial Transcript of Senator Braun’s questions:

Braun: “Are you making a profit on your Ozempic product when you’re selling it to Australia for $87 and you’re selling to the U.S. for $936? Are you making a profit at $87?

Jørgensen: “Yes, we are and the price you mentioned in the U.S. is not what we get. That’s the list price.

Braun: “So what are you getting in the U.S.? What price?”

Jørgensen: “So I mentioned that on average for our products we give 74% in rebates to PBMs.”

Braun: “And that was the chart that Senator Marshall held up that PBMs are making 74% and you’re getting 26%. So, you’ve got a screwed-up industry. Number one, when I’ve talked to other pharma folks, they regret that PBMs ever came into it. It would seem like since you make the product, that you could disassemble them or do something to go around it, if in fact this place won’t do something about it. Have you ever thought of that?”

Jørgensen: “It’s very difficult Senator because they control what insurance is put in front of patients so they have integrated themselves with insurance companies and we negotiate against the PBMs, but they’re owned by the insurance companies so no matter what we do, they decide what products—”

Braun: “Okay- and that’s kind of the conundrum, but you’re making a profit at $87 and of the $936, it would be the list price? Is that total being split between you and the PBM? I know you give big discounts to the PBM. Why do give them such large discounts for them to make that much money?”

Jørgensen: “On this we have a high list price and give them rebates, we are not making it onto the insurance formulary. So, they make a fee based on the list price, you mentioned distribution, they don’t get a flat fee for the distribution.”

Braun: “So, after you give the discounts, and you do everything, what is your revenue on Ozempic, roughly?”

Jørgensen: “I don’t have that number from the top of my head.”

Braun: “That is something that ought to be on the top of your head because most of us would want to see that so you could make the case against PBMs. That basic lack of transparency, that to me comes from the top, that cloaks the system, in general, is what is impacting the future of why in our own country it is 18% of our GDP and from Canada and Europe it is 12% of their GDP, Eastern Europe it is 6 to 7 %. And yes, rationing is maybe going to be one of the results, but it should never be to where something is going to cost that much more here versus there when you’re making a profit on it. Until you figure that out, everyone is going to think your industry is screwed up.”

 Senator Braun is the leader in the Senate on reforming PBMs and lowering drug prices through transparency:

  • Senator Braun’s landmark transparency legislation – the Health Care PRICE Transparency Act – would reveal all negotiated rates and cash prices between plans and providers so Americans can know the true cost of health care services before they pan, bringing down prices.
  • Senator Braun’s Drug Price Transparency Act would end the broken PBM system by requiring insurers and PBMs to pass rebates directly to consumers enrolled in commercial health plans and Medicare Part D.

WSNC Updates Iconic Munchie Map

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Evansville, Ind.  The West Side Nut Club (WSNC) has just unveiled an updated revision of its iconic Munchie Map. While ongoing changes and corrections mean the map may not be entirely accurate, the dedicated volunteers of the WSNC Streets Committee are tirelessly working to ensure it remains as reliable as possible, striving to “keep it 100.” Their commitment to the community helps locals and visitors alike discover the best the 103rd Fall Festival has to offer. We believe the best way to express our apologies for the mistakes is by (kinda) quoting André 3000 and Big Boi from Outkast—because, really, why not?!

We’re sorry Patrons (oh), we are for real

Never meant to make your family cry

We apologize a trillion times

You and yo’ family has that special thing going on

Some might say it’s puppy chow love

We say the munchie map is on your smartphone

Hope fixing these mistake, fix them forever

You can now plan a pretty Festival picnic

But you can’t predict the weather,

We’re sorry Patrons (oh), we are for real

Never meant to make your family cry

We apologize a trillion times

THUNDERBOLTS SIGN GOALTENDER JONAH CAPRIOTTI  

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THUNDERBOLTS SIGN GOALTENDER JONAH CAPRIOTTI
 
Evansville, In.: The Evansville Thunderbolts and Head Coach/Director of Hockey Operations Jeff Bes are pleased to announce the signing of goaltender Jonah Capriotti for the 2024-25 season.  The Thunderbolts begin the 2024-25 season at Ford Center on Friday, October 18th as they host the Knoxville Ice Bears.
                Capriotti turns professional following a very successful career at the high school prep, junior, and college levels, beginning with two seasons at Salisbury School in Connecticut between 2015-2017.  The native of Mount Hope, Ontario returned to his home province in 2017-18 to play for the OJHL’s Wellington Dukes, posting a .923 save percentage and a 21-11-5 record in the regular season along with a .919 save percentage and 15-5 record in the playoffs to backstop the Dukes to an OJHL championship victory.  Capriotti followed up this performance by winning another championship title in college hockey with Trinity College in 2018-19, and in two seasons at Trinity posted a total record of 16-5-3 and a .919 save percentage.  Following the COVID-19 pause, Capriotti tended goal at the University of Prince Edward Island between 2021-2024, compiling a 28-26-0 record and .910 save percentage, and was named to the USports Atlantic University Sport (AUS) Conference Second All-Star Teams of 2022-23 and 2023-24.
                “Coming from college, I’m ready to prove myself at the pro level.  Ultimately, helping the team win is my main goal,” said Capriotti on making the jump to the professional level with the Thunderbolts.  Capriotti further remarked: “I chose to sign with Evansville because they are giving me an honest chance to prove that I can play at the pro level, allowing me to give my full effort into the hope of winning a championship at this level.  I am super excited to get going and compete every night with this squad!”
                Capriotti joins previously announced forwards Matthew Hobbs, Derek Contessa, Logan vande Meerakker, Kevin Hu, Adam Keyes and Vili Vesalainen, along with defensemen Dillon Hill, Joey Berkopec, Benjamin Lindberg, and Gehrig Lindberg on the roster heading into training camp.
Individual game tickets, group packages, and season tickets are on sale for the upcoming 2024-25 season.  Call 812-422-BOLT (2658) or visit our website (www.evansvillethunderbolts.com) for details.
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